LG LN800

The LN800 is a solid first crack at the Aussie GPS market with its good looks, light sensor and text-to-speech, but it may not be enough to tempt punters.

Spoken street names improve the GPS experience ; Looks and feels like a quality item ; Auto day and night modes good for safety and eyes

No Bluetooth ; Inconsistent "Map" button location ; Multimedia features a waste of time

As we discovered when we tested the TomTom One XL, the Sensis mapping data that's used in the LN800, and almost all Australian GPS units, is less than perfect: there are phantom streets, roundabouts where there aren't any and missing traffic restrictions.

LG LN800

Bought the unit in Adelaide. I returned from South Africa 5 month later to Brisbane. Trying to update the badly out of date unit and buying the car power cable(left behind in South Africa), I got now where. More than one place told me to get the...

good as a weak flash light when you are looking for something. Well it does get you in the area only

Update problems. Time wasting routes. Local stores indications/data are very poor. No directional indicators to locations. General larger map view and getting a picture of the area is difficult. Saved locations does not bring you back to the exact...

LG LN800

Bought the LG LN800 GPS in Melbourne Map was, as everyone else has said, outdated. Rang the 1800 number who then gave me another number who then said, "please provide evidence of recent purchase and we will mail the map out , cd , A few days later l...

Good size ; Spoken street names ; loud enough

Bad updating availability ; not able through web ; places you even in water at times ; gets you lost when you need to know where you are